[Title: I Think I Know Why Seo Hoyun Totally Ignores Lee Kangseok hahaha
I’m in a film & drama-related major, so I’ve done a crazy amount of part-time work on sets.
I saw Lee Kangseok a few times on site and... that bastard is insane.
Don’t believe the TV image of him.
FUCK Every time I see him pushing that “intellectual, gentlemanly, ideal son-in-law” image I want to puke even in the middle of eating.
At the time I was just a part-timer, so I had no choice but to shut my mouth, but I saw him verbally abusing his manager so many times.
Even I [N O V E L I G H T] thought, “That’s really not it.”
His manager is at least old enough to be his uncle, but he’d always bow his head and keep apologizing.
All the staff around him were on edge.
I just sat in the corner rustling a samgimbap wrapper, rolling my eyes.
I still remember word for word what that asshole said.
“Aren’t I the one suffering because you’re lazy and stupid?”<
Honestly, it wasn’t just the manager he treated like that.
Lee Kangseok is famous in this industry for picking on people he thinks are easy.
Part-timers and junior staff aren’t even treated as people haha
On the other hand, if it’s a famous director, PD, or actor... basically anyone he thinks is worth sucking up to, he’s all over them.
I always thought, “One day this bastard’s going to get wrecked,” but then this scandal blew up and he’s playing the victim on Stargram, and it pissed me off so I’m posting this.
I left this industry disgusted, honestly not just because of Lee Kangseok but because there are so many psychos^^ hahahaha.
On the other hand, Seo Hoyun... this surprised me too, but apparently he’s got his head screwed on straight.
Never late, never throws fits, barely any NGs so filming finishes quickly and everyone praises him (that last one’s probably the most important LMAO).
I even heard he treats part-timers and staff well.
Heard it from a college junior who worked on Dead after Hope, so take it or leave it.
└Where’s the summary hahaha
└└Summary: Anyone sane hates Lee Kangseok, right?
└└LOOOL Looks like you just wanted to bash Kangseok.
└Hey, what are you doing, Kangseok’s gonna sue you LMAO
└└It’s anonymous anyway, sue what...]
[Title: Finally Someone’s Posting
I debated posting too but Lee Kangseok, fuck, he’s seriously the worst.
Every time I see that bastard’s face on TV I want to grab the remote and beat the shit out of it.
I think I met the OP before.
Whenever Lee Kangseok’s voice gets raised, the staff all make eye contact like—
“Ah, this bastard’s at it again...”
└I was just a camera assistant and he told me to go buy coffee his way, and my blood pressure spiked.
└Some people are amazing, making stuff up right on cue.
└└Proof, asshole.
LeeKangseok_tlqkf_dramaSet.jpg
Don’t believe it? Then fuck off~]
[Title: Eh? So Seo Hoyun’s Not Bad Then??
Short post.
Yup??]
[Title: The Actor A Everyone’s Talking About Now
I worked briefly as a makeup staff.
I agree with the claims that this actor’s crazy...
Honestly it’s strange no one spoke up before, considering how bad he is.
There are plenty of bastards like that in this industry, but once the posts started, it snowballed, so I’m adding mine.
└Yikes really? What happened?
└└His power-tripping was brutal... I actually liked him before, but after that day I told everyone around me never ever to like him.
Acts like he’s some big shot...;
└└Wow... shocking..]
[Title: So Who’s Better, Lee Kangseok or Seo Hoyun?
Who?
Lee Kangseok? Seo Hoyun?
└LOLOLOLOL Fuck Decide for yourself hahahaha]
***
I handed my phone to the manager and stretched out.
With outdoor shoots piling up recently, it had been a while since I’d been on set.
During the short break, the actors were each resting in their own way, except Min Jiheon, who sat alone in a corner, still crying. He couldn’t shake off the emotions from the last scene.
‘That guy really is something.’
With his eyes swollen red, he pressed an ice pack under them, quietly trying to calm down.
Unlike me—dry, brittle, almost hollow—the more the drama reached its climax, the wetter Min Jiheon’s eyes became.
“Wow, Min Jiheon sunbaenim must really have it tough.”
Shin Heechan had sidled up beside me, murmuring.
“Yeah. Well, we’re near the end.”
Actors are always drained, but Min Jiheon acted as though he had been reborn as his role, so whenever he played someone righteous, grieving over another’s death, it hit him even harder.
“Now that I think about it, Hoyun-hyung, your shoot’s ending soon, right? How many left?”
“Two.”
The system had also told me last time that the error fix was almost complete.
“Heol~! That’s really a pity. Kim Wooho’s role is super popular, you know. Oh! Right, did you hear? Our ratings might cross 16% soon.”
“Oh, really?”
“...Look at you being indifferent. Hyung, honestly... the more I watch you, the more it freaks me out how much you resemble Kim Wooho.”
It wasn’t that I resembled Kim Wooho. Kim Wooho resembled me.
I held that unspoken answer inside as I half-listened to Shin Heechan’s chatter—
“......Hel!”
Lee Kangseok strode boldly onto set.
“Wow, he’s got some nerve. How can he even think of showing up here again?”
I patted Shin Heechan’s shoulder to calm his grumbling and focused on the scene.
Even with the staff’s sharp gazes on him, Lee Kangseok shamelessly approached Min Jiheon, clinging again.
“Sunbaenim. Are you okay?”
“......”
“What are the staff doing here? Can’t you see how exhausted sunbaenim is?”
Min Jiheon finally lifted his head from the ice pack. His brow furrowed with pain.
“Ah......”
“Do you have a headache, sunbaenim? Want me to buy medicine? Or maybe—”
He cut off Lee Kangseok’s fussing with a raised hand.
“Lee Kangseok.”
Then he turned only his eyes to glare at him.
“Take a hint.”
It meant, “Get lost.”
Strained by the stress of his role and a pounding head, Min Jiheon couldn’t hide his temper.
Biting down on his lip, Lee Kangseok barely held it in, gave a stiff farewell, then headed toward me.
“Why’s he coming over here?”
Shin Heechan panicked though it wasn’t his business.
It reminded me of our maknae, so similar. A shadow fell across me.
“I’ve got something to say to him. Move if you’re not going to eavesdrop.”
He said it to Shin Heechan.
Looking back and forth between us, Shin Heechan reluctantly stepped aside after Kangseok waved him off irritably.
Once Heechan was far enough away, Kangseok sneered at me.
“Seo Hoyun-ssi, you don’t reply to my texts.”
“Oh, no, I saw them.”
“...You saw them?”
“Yep. But I blocked you.”
“......”
“......”
He sighed like he couldn’t believe it.
“...You must not know how this industry works yet. If you act arrogant toward seniors like that, you’ll crash fast.”
“Oh...”
“Still don’t get how serious this is, do you?”
I just shrugged, and he clicked his tongue.
“Are you naïve, or just stupid?”
And the floodgates opened.
It was the same Kangseok here as everywhere.
Not ugly, not untalented.
If he’d had just a little humility, maybe he would’ve made it big someday.
But he never self-reflected, never even recognized his strengths, always pinned blame on the outside—his rotten mentality was the problem.
“Seo Hoyun-ssi, you know your reputation’s sinking, right? I can help.”
He stepped closer, whispering.
“Help?”
“Yes. I can explain that ‘rookie actor B’ isn’t you. If, of course, you show a little respect as a junior.”
I looked past his smirk—sure enough, Min Jiheon was watching us with interest, chin in hand.
He was testing me, gauging what kind of person ‘Seo Hoyun’ really was.
“But Kangseok-sunbaenim, I’m curious.”
I tilted my head with a smile.
“Didn’t you say you like good actors?”
“...What? Excuse me?”
“Then why don’t you praise me?”
“...What??”
“I think I’m pretty good.”
His face twisted, then smoothed out, mindful of the eyes around.
“What kind of... You’re flattering yourself too much.”
“Am I?”
“Hah, Seo Hoyun-ssi, you’re really selfish. After you dragged everyone down with your reckless words and actions, you can still crack jokes?”
His voice rose. Now the staff openly stared.
“Well, even if you’re right, who can live stressing over every single thing? You gotta let things slide.”
I patted his back lightly.
His trembling passed through my palm.
“You just got shot down hard by Min Jiheon-sunbaenim, but don’t stress. Just think, ‘I’m too amazing,’ and it’ll feel lighter.”
His clenched fist bulged with veins.
I thought, “If he swings at me now, this might actually get fun,” and grinned wider.
“It’s a busy world, better to focus on the pretty, good things. Let’s live positively and wisely.”
It was something Sung Jiwon had once said.
Of course, he hadn’t meant for it to be used like this.
Now Kangseok’s face was red, even dark. Grinding his teeth, he leaned in.
“...Are you crazy? Want me to end your acting career?”
This was Kangseok’s flaw.
He had a talent for provoking, but no brains for cleanup.
Even when conscious of others’ eyes, he couldn’t suppress his true self.
Spreading rumors.
Posting emotional appeals on Stargram.
Throwing tantrums on set.
Treating staff and managers like dirt.
All of it only stoked public curiosity and backfired.
Bzzzzt.
At the peak of scandal.
“Fuck...”
Seeing the caller ID, he hung up irritably. Probably his manager.
“Annoying...”
But the ringtone resumed and wouldn’t stop. Kangseok froze, not daring to act.
Glancing at the screen, I saw the word ‘CEO.’
“Kangseok-ah.”
“......”
I deliberately spoke slowly.
“Why don’t you pick up?”
Gnawing his nail, he hesitated, then turned his back and answered.
“...Hello.”
No sooner had he spoken timidly than a roar blasted through.
[Hey!! Lee Kangseok!!]
In less than a minute his face turned pale blue.
I regretted not seeing his live reaction when his article dropped on Tycoon, but villains always meet the same end.
Reminded me of Today’s Yuhyuk back in Shining Star Season 1.
“How pitiful.”
Well, he should’ve just done his own job properly.
“What... what is this? What’s going on?”
The staff buzzed.
Shin Heechan rushed back, scanning his phone.
《Shock! Lee Kangseok’s Power-Tripping Reexamined》
《Patch Secures Lee Kangseok’s Texts... The Star’s True Face》
《Rumors of Lee Kangseok’s Abuse Confirmed》
Amid the chaos, Min Jiheon alone stared at me steadily.
I met his gaze and smiled back.
Yeah, I’m not a good person.
And you smiled when you realized that.
“Heechan-ssi, hey.”
I slung my arm over his shoulder and whispered.
“...Yes, hyung.”
“You know judo?”
“...Excuse meee?”
He looked at me, dumbfounded.
What a shame Jung Dajun wasn’t here to flip Kangseok with judo.
